Judge Blocks Wisconsin Laws Passed During GOP Lame-Duck Session

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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers arrives at the state capitol in February to deliver his state budget to lawmakers. PHOTO: STEVE APPS/WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Reprinted from The Wall Street Journal by The Associated Press on March 21, 2019.

A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Wisconsin Republicans’ contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of new Democratic Governor Tony Evers, who immediately used his restored authority to pull the state out of a multistate challenge to the Affordable Care Act.